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MSC 70-117
NASA selected an ever-water transportation route for the large_
hea'_ Skylab hardware after a survey showed this to be the most
practical means of shipment.
Combined water and over-land routes were also considered but were
found to be impractical because of the high cost and the need to move
large numbers of overhead electr-c_ telephone and traffic light cables
along the overland portion of the route.
The barge dock will he constructed of steel and concrete and will
be 60 feet long. A 30-Poot concrete apron will be constructed between
the dock and NASA_ Road 1 to permit hauling test articles from the dock_
across the road and through the MSC east gate on a tractor-trailer rig.
Spoil material drecged from the channel in Clear Lake will be
pumped through a pipeline_ u_der NASA Road 1 and into a relatively low
22-acre area of the MSC site north of Building 222.